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I lead teams and organisations to make human-centred decisions. I am a lead content designer and information architect at the Scottish Government.

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Article — 29 September 2016 — 1,269 words

Running themes from Scotland’s first accessibility conference

Accessibility — Digital

Accessibility Scotland notebook

Accessibility Scotland was a high quality event with a diverse range of speakers. Find out what I took away from the event.

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Article — 25 September 2016 — 857 words

North Coast 500 – day 7 – Stoer, Drumbeg and Durness

Travel

Stoer Head Lighthouse

On a glorious day we saw a beautiful lighthouse, walked to a natural wonder and stayed at a campsite with the most incredible view.

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Article — 22 September 2016 — 1,950 words

The fight we face for the web’s future

Digital — Web

Google Chrome screenshot: "He's dead, Jim!"

The web is facing many challenges from new technologies, threatening the open culture that made it such a success. We need to fight for its survival.

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Article — 15 September 2016 — 621 words

North Coast 500 – day 6 – Corrieshalloch Gorge, Knockan Crag and Lochinver Larder

Travel

Corrieshalloch Gorge

The next stage of our journey took us to the North West Highlands Geopark, where the landscape was at its most dramatic.

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Article — 14 September 2016 — 714 words

North Coast 500 – day 5 – Applecross peninsula, the beach at Redpoint and Badrallach

Travel

Bothy at Badrallach

This day’s drive was a long one. In total, we spent over four and a half hours driving. But we just had time to stop off at a legendary beach before heading to the wonderful Badrallach campsite.

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Article — 12 September 2016 — 474 words

Is it time to put LinkedIn in the bin?

Digital

LinkedIn headquarters

Microsoft recently announced that it will acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. But do any of LinkedIn’s users actually derive value from it?

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Article — 9 September 2016 — 740 words

North Coast 500 – days 3 and 4 – Applecross, Eilean Donan castle and Plockton

Travel

Eilean Donan castle

We continued our North Coast 500 by heading west. But we were a little disappointed by one of the area’s main attractions.

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Article — 7 September 2016 — 640 words

North Coast 500 – days 1 and 2 – Rogart and Helmsdale

Travel

Sleeperzzz at Rogart

Part 1 of a series of posts about the North Coast 500, a road trip that takes you on a circular route around the north coast of the Highlands of Scotland.

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Article — 11 August 2016 — 498 words

Today’s newspaper circulation figures show why clickbait is a losing strategy

Digital — Media

Newspapers

The free versus paywall debate was a red herring. What matters is the quality of the product.

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Article — 2 August 2016 — 198 words

Apple’s emoji problem just got worse

Digital

Facepalm emoji

This is how Apple’s latest emoji design could cause some serious misunderstandings.

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Article — 26 July 2016 — 1,679 words

Reflections on IWMW16

Digital — Web

Work: SRUC — Scotland’s Rural College

My highlights from the the Institutional Web Management Workshop, the valuable annual conference for (mostly) higher education web managers.

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Article — 23 July 2016 — 3,443 words

The once in a lifetime trip to the 24 Hours of Le Mans that became the first of many

Travel

Light trails at Le Mans

How my brother and I caught the bug at the world’s most legendary motor race.

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